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Section Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Conversations Between Entomologists and Plant Pathologists: Joining Forces to Control Pathogens

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, D136, OCC

Oral Presentation

How do thrips, aphids, and leafhoppers affect crop systems in North America? Can the pathogens they carry be easily identified and studied? Join this enthusiastic group of entomologists and plant pathologists to find some answers to these questions and learn about new approaches to working with plant-insect-pathogen interactions.

Presentations:

  • 9:30 AM - 9:40 AM Pacific
    Introductory remarks
  • 10:10 AM - 10:25 AM Pacific
    Identifying factors influencing the dynamics of a phytoplasma disease in Western Canada

    Presenting Author: Caleb B. Bryan (he/him/his) – Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

    Co-Author: Berenice Romero (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

    Co-Author: Sean Prager – University of Saskatchewan

  • 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM Pacific
    Dissecting the molecular interactions between maize mosaic virus and the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis

    Presenting Author: Anna Whitfield – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Cesar Xavier – North Carolina State University

  • 10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Pacific
    Using an interdisciplinary approach to understand dynamics of pollen-borne viruses in peach orchards

    Presenting Author: Mandeep Tayal (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Elizabeth J. Cieniewicz (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  • 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM Pacific
    Break
  • 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific
    Bemisia tabaci proteins modulate interactions with plant infecting single stranded DNA viruses

    Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Saptarshi Ghosh – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Murad Ghanim – Agricultural Research Organization

  • 11:25 AM - 11:40 AM Pacific
    A multi-omics informed investigation of Frankliniella occidentalis-specific molecular factors underlying its transmission of tomato spotted wilt virus

    Presenting Author: Lucas de Oliveira (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Jinlong Han – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Karen B. Alviar – University of the Philippines Los Baños

    Co-Author: Hao Teh – University Of Florida

    Co-Author: Anna Whitfield – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Dorith Rotenberg – North Carolina State University

  • 11:40 AM - 11:55 AM Pacific
    Cracking the code of chaos: Thrips, TSWV, and the integrated fight back

    Presenting Author: Kiran Gadhave – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Arinder Arora – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Surender Kumar – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Rahul Mohan Singh – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Udvashika Puri – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Senthilraja Chinnaiah – Middle Tennessee State University

  • 11:55 AM - 12:20 PM Pacific
    Discussion
  • 12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific
    Closing remarks